In July 2019, the Government passed the Trusts Act 2019 (replacing the Trustee Act 1956). This new Act sets out the core principles and default rules for trusts, including trusts created under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. The aim is to make the law easier to understand.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-for-landowners-Trustee-Act.pdf (68 kb)
You also need to update your records when a surviving spouse passes away or remarries and income rights pass to the successors, similar to the current process when life interests end. M O J0 21 7.1 1_ JA N 21 https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/draft-regional-map-page/ https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/application-forms/
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Factsheet-Legislative-changes-affecting-trusts.pdf (303 kb)
The review will be done by a judge, who will be able to confirm, change or cancel the decision and issue a court order. M O J0 21 7.1 2_ JA N 21 https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/contact-us/draft-regional-map-page/ https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz/en/our-application-process/come-in-apply-to-the-court/application-forms/
The following details should be included in an inquiry: 1. The name of the proceedings and the case number. 2.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Maori-Land-Court-Judgment-Delivery.pdf (128 kb)
Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally binding.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-2017-03-03-RDS-Report.pdf (1.1 mb)
For example, an application for succession will require a death certificate, any grant of administration (probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if a whānau trust is required and consents of the proposed trustees.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-applications-english.pdf (327 kb)
Ka taea e ngā rōpū tikanga kaitiaki pēnei me ngā rōpū kaitiaki tikanga ā whānau, ngā rōpū kaitiaki pūtea 2 me ngā rōpū kaitiaki 3 anō, te mahi ki raro i te marara o te kaporeihana Māori.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-incorporations-tereo.pdf (949 kb)
The information in this booklet does not apply to Māori reserves. 2 Māori reservation land Any Māori freehold land or any general land 1 may be set aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-english.pdf (389 kb)
Kāore ngā take whenua tārewa i roto i tēnei pukapuka. 2 Whenua rāhui Māori Ko ngā whenua Māori kore here, he whenua wātea rānei 1 ka āheitia te whakataha hei whenua rāhui.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-maori-reservations-tereo.pdf (387 kb)
You do not need to file separate applications for each district. 1 The official record of legal ownership of property and the legal evidence of a person’s ownership rights. 2 A person who receives, as of right, a share of a deceased person’s estate. 3 Someone who is given authority by the High Court to manage and administer the estate of a deceased person.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
